Ben Henshaw - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:22:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Ben Henshaw - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Ben Henshaw, “An Arminian Response to the Calvinist Use of Isaiah 10:5-16 as a Proof Text for Compatibilism” https://evangelicalarminians.org/an-arminian-response-to-the-calvinist-use-of-isaiah-105-16-as-a-proof-text-for-compatibilism/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:00:41 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26342 From an interaction with a Calvinist: Calvinist: Most Calvinists believe in a soft determinism called compatiblism [sic.]. This is clearly taught in Gen 50:20: “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God…

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]]> 26342 An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 3: John Hendryx Concedes That it is a Plain “Fact” that Faith Precedes Regeneration https://evangelicalarminians.org/an-arminian-response-to-john-hendryx-on-the-meaning-and-implications-of-spiritual-death-part-3-john-hendryx-concedes-that-it-is-a-plain-fact-that-faith-precedes-regeneration/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:00:32 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=21746 [You can find part one of this series here, and part two here] John Hendryx continues his response to the “synergist” visitor: Finally, your attempt to overturn the doctrine of total depravity relies entirely too…

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]]> 21746 An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 2: Dead Reckoning https://evangelicalarminians.org/an-arminian-response-to-john-hendryx-on-the-meaning-and-implications-of-spiritual-death-part-2-dead-reckoning/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:00:24 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=21718 Continuing from Part 1… Hendryx begins his response to the visitor:  (John) Dear Brother …You say, “monergists take the ‘dead in sin’ phrase too far” but, I would turn that around to say that you…

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]]> 21718 An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 1: What Does it Mean to be “Dead in Sin?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/an-arminian-response-to-john-hendryx-on-the-meaning-and-implications-of-spiritual-death-part-1-what-does-it-mean-to-be-dead-in-sin/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=21716 Calvinist John Hendryx takes a “synergist” to task in an article entitled Can We Make an Exact Analogy Between Unbelievers’ who are “Dead in Sin” and Believers who are “Dead to Sin”?(Excerpts From Debate in…

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]]> 21716 Ben Henshaw, “Does Arminian Theology Suggest That We Depend on Ourselves Instead of Christ for Salvation?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-does-arminian-theology-suggest-that-we-depend-on-ourselves-instead-of-christ-for-salvation/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:08:13 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=20527 From the late R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries we find a short article “praising” limited atonement by Richard Phillips.  For the purpose of this post we will be focusing in on a section that promotes a…

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]]> 20527 Great Quotes: Thomas Ralston on the Compatibility of Freedom and Foreknowledge With Regards to Judas Betraying Jesus https://evangelicalarminians.org/great-quotes-thomas-ralston-on-the-compatibility-of-freedom-and-foreknowledge-with-regards-to-judas-betraying-jesus/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 07:00:33 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=19663 It has been said that “knowledge is power;” but it is not implied by that expression that it is a power capable of exerting itself. All that is implied is, that it directs an active…

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]]> 19663 Grace For All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation (Book Review) https://evangelicalarminians.org/grace-for-all-the-arminian-dynamics-of-salvation-book-review/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:32:21 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=18091 John D. Wagner has produced  an updated and expanded version of “Grace Unlimited”, originally edited by the late Clark H. Pinnock.  This updated version is called “Grace For All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation.”  This…

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]]> 18091 Richard Watson on “Who Maketh Thee to Differ From Another?” as an Argument for Calvinism https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-watson-on-who-maketh-thee-to-differ-from-another-as-an-argument-for-calvinism/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:41:22 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16457 1 Corinthians 4:7, “For who maketh thee to differ from another?” The context shows that the apostle was here endeavoring to repress that ostentation which had arisen among many persons in the Church of Corinth,…

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]]> 16457 Calvinist Sleight of Hand: A Brief Arminian Interaction With Wayne Grudem’s Arguments Against the Compatibility of Foreknowledge And Conditional Election https://evangelicalarminians.org/calvinist-sleight-of-hand-a-brief-arminian-interaction-with-wayne-grudems-arguments-against-the-compatibility-of-foreknowledge-and-conditional-election/ Mon, 03 Jul 2017 04:15:44 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16575 A while back someone on the SEA discussion board referenced the following comments by Calvinist Theologian Wayne Grudem arguing against the compatibility of foreknowledge and conditional election.  Below is my brief interaction with this quoted…

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]]> 16575 Does Paul Support Calvinism’s View of Irresistible Grace in 1 Cor. 4:7? https://evangelicalarminians.org/does-paul-support-calvinisms-view-of-irresistible-grace-in-1-cor-47/ Mon, 22 May 2017 02:00:54 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16453 The following is a comment I made in response to a Calvinist appealing to 1 Cor. 4:7 to show that unless faith is an irresistible gift from God, it would give us reason to boast.  Links to…

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